Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Treanor about pressing issues facing the judiciary today,
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year at Georgetown Law, from student and faculty achievements to the work of clinics and institutes advocating on a range of legal issues in Washington, D.C. and beyond. Join us in reflecting on this year’s milestones and memorable moments below.
Kayla Weston, L’25, originally considered a career in medicine. Now a third year Georgetown Law student, the overlap between health equity and legal advocacy remains top of mind. “There are so many legal issues that can impact someone’s health,” she says. “They may not even realize it.”
For the Rev. Mike Lamanna, S.J., L’25, and the Rev. Rodrigue Ntungu, S.J., L’22, L’27, the Catholic priesthood is a calling — and so is the practice of law.
On Nov. 18, more than 800 scholars, advocates, artists and others working to address issues of privacy and surveillance technology convened in person and online for the sixth conference in the Color of Surveillance series hosted by Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology.
On Nov. 4, Judge David S. Tatel joined Professor from Practice Cliff Sloan and members of the Georgetown Law community to discuss his pioneering career as a civil rights lawyer and federal judge — and the personal journey that led him to acknowledge his vision loss after living with blindness for the past five decades.
Hundreds of students, scholars and experts gathered to discuss pressing issues in public health law and celebrate Professor Lawrence Gostin's pioneering contributions to the field at "Preserving Health and Humanity Now," a symposium hosted on Oct. 28 by Georgetown Law's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
More than 1,600 Georgetown Law alumni and guests gathered for reunion weekend Oct. 24-27, which celebrated members of class years ending in 4 and 9 with more than 30 events across the Law Center campus and nearby sites in the nation’s capital.
Having practiced entertainment law for nearly a decade before joining academia, Professor Kristelia García still finds scholarly inspiration in the music industry — especially when it comes to cutting-edge issues at the intersection of copyright, law and economics.
Georgetown Law faculty, students and members of the press gathered to discuss the United States Supreme Court’s upcoming October 2024 term during two campus preview panels – one for students and one for journalists – hosted by the Supreme Court Institute on Sept. 24 and 25.
United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law and broader legal community in honoring the late Judge Robert A. Katzmann at the opening event for “Judging and Legitimacy,” a symposium held Sept. 19 and 20 on the Law Center campus to examine current judicial issues through the lens of Katzmann’s career and legacy.
